Sunday 4 March 2012

Plum & Macadamia nut Flapjacks

This recipe started out in life as a crumble, but when it came down to it.. I really couldn't be bothered with all the rubbing together business, so my plums, instead became a lovely, lazy, sweet & sour flapjack. There's only one kind of flapjack in my mind and that's the gooey, sticky, sweet, syrupy kind. Those healthy, dry, hard, dry fruit filled ones have no place here. So, apologies if that's what you were looking for :). The plums are a fantastic contrast to the buttery, sweet oats, they're sourness cuts through the richness beautifully, but if you prefer apples would be good too, maybe with a few frozen raspberries thrown in for good measure? 
Ingredients
2 ripe plums, de-stoned & cut into segments
1 & 1/2 cups rolled oats
1/4 cup brown sugar
3 tablespoons of golden syrup
1/4 cup of Macadamia nuts, roughly chopped
1/4 cup of sesame seeds
3 oz (1/3 cup) Butter

Method
Melt the butter, sugar & golden syrup in a saucepan over a gentle heat, until melted and the sugar has dissolved. Remove from the heat and add into the pan the oats, nuts and seeds. Mix well. Pour out into a small baking dish, lined with baking parchment, and smooth with the back of a spoon into an even layer. Put the plum segments on top and dribble a little more golden syrup over the top (sugar will work fine instead, if you don't have a squeezy golden syrup bottle). Bake in a preheated oven at 250oC for 10 minutes, then turn the oven down to 180oC and bake for a further 10 mins. Allow to cool in the dish for at least 10 mins before turning out and cutting into 4 large chunks. Best serve 'em warm with thick cream.

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